Ulangan 4:6

4:6 So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding ¹  to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, “Indeed, this great nation is a very wise ²  people.”

Ulangan 17:8

Appeal to a Higher Court

17:8 If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, ³  legal claim, ⁴  or assault ⁵  – matters of controversy in your villages ⁶  – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. ⁷ 

[4:6]  ¹ tn Heb “it is wisdom and understanding.”

[4:6]  ² tn Heb “wise and understanding.”

[17:8]  ³ tn Heb “between blood and blood.”

[17:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “between claim and claim.”

[17:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “between blow and blow.”

[17:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “gates.”

[17:8]  ⁷ tc Several Greek recensions add “to place his name there,” thus completing the usual formula to describe the central sanctuary (cf. Deut 12:5, 11, 14, 18; 16:6). However, the context suggests that the local Levitical towns, and not the central sanctuary, are in mind.